Your city, our goals
Uber strives to be a zero-emission and low-packaging-waste platform by 2040.
Millions of trips a day, zero emissions and a shift to more-sustainable packaging
The future of Uber is electric, autonomous and shared. Our transition is focused on helping increase access to zero-emission vehicles¹ and support merchants’ shift to more-sustainable packaging² options. These changes won’t come easily, and they will take work and time to achieve. They are also dependent on external factors, such as action from policymakers and the wider industry.
2020
Announced global goal to become a zero-emission mobility platform by 2040.
2023
Expanded global goal to include zero-emission delivery trips and promote the transition to more-sustainable packaging options.
Achieved 100% renewable energy match in US offices.
Goal: by the end of 2025
100% of rides in London and Amsterdam are zero-emission.
Outcome: 41% of rides
50% of all mobility kilometers in 7 European capitals are in EV.
Outcome: 32% of mobility kilometers
80% of restaurant orders with Uber Eats across European and Asia Pacific cities transition from single-use plastics to more-sustainable (reusable, recyclable, or compostable) packaging options.
Outcome: 76% of deliveries
- 84% in Europe
- 70% in APAC
100% renewable energy match in US offices (achieved in 2023).
Refer to our Governance Strategy and Engagement Report and Electrification Update to see more details on our governance, progress metrics, and key initiatives.
Goal: by the end of 2030
100% of rides in Canada, Europe, and the U.S. are zero-emission.
100% of deliveries in 7 European capitals are zero-emission.
100% of Uber Eats restaurant merchants globally transition to more-sustainable (reusable, recyclable, or compostable) packaging options.
Goal: by the end of 2040
100% of rides and deliveries globally are in zero-emission vehicles or through micromobility or public transit.
Uber has made meaningful progress toward electrification and packaging waste reduction. On the electrification front, drivers on the platform are adopting EVs up to 5× faster than average motorists in Canada, Europe, and the US, supported by hundreds of millions of dollars in Uber investment. However, high vehicle, financing and insurance costs, charging barriers, and inconsistent policy environments are slowing adoption. On waste reduction, Uber is within reach of its goal in EMEA and APAC, but further progress in those regions and globally depends on greater international alignment and action on plastic pollution. As a result, Uber’s 2030 goals will continue to be out of reach. Uber remains committed to these transitions, particularly where government and industry investment align, given the benefits to our business, our users, our cities, and our wider communities.
Offering more ways to ride electric and shared
Our goal is to provide electric and shared alternatives to the personal car.
Comfort Electric
Check out our newest way for you to be part of the climate solution—and do it in style. It’s as simple as tapping a button and getting a ride in a premium EV. Comfort Electric is now available in over 100 major cities.
Uber Electric
Uber Electric is the most widely available on-demand mobility solution in the world for zero-emission rides. Today, Electric is available in 200+ metropolitan markets across 5 continents.
Transit
We’re partnering with local transit agencies around the world to add real-time transit information and ticket purchase directly in the Uber app.
Bikes and scooters
We’ve integrated Lime bikes and scooters into the Uber app across 200+ metropolitan markets, with plans to expand micro-mobility options.
Helping drivers and couriers go electric
Drivers and couriers are leading the way on electrification, and Uber is committed to supporting them.
Helping merchants access more sustainable packaging
To address single-use-plastic waste and its effects on the environment, we're working to support restaurant merchants’ transition to recyclable, compostable, and reusable packaging. We’ll help merchants with this transition in every city where we do business through a combination of discounts, incentives, and advocacy.
Partnering to fight climate change
We’re partnering with NGOs, advocacy groups, and environmental justice organizations to help expedite an efficient energy transition. We’re teaming up with experts, vehicle manufacturers, charging network providers, EV and e-bike rental fleets, and utility companies to help drivers gain affordable access to zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) and charging infrastructure. We’re also working with suppliers of recyclable, reusable, and compostable packaging to enable restaurant merchants to access quality packaging at reduced prices.
Our collaborators and partners
Charging infrastructure
Electric vehicles
Uber’s Electrification Update
Our Electrification Update analyzes billions of rides taken on our platform in the US, Canada, and major markets in Europe. Uber was the first mobility company - and one of the only ones - to assess and publish impact metrics based on drivers’ and riders’ real-world use of our products.
Science Based Targets initiative
Uber joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to help ensure accountability and rigor in our ambition to become a zero-emission platform. The SBTi defines best practices in target setting and independently assesses and approves progress.
Every ride can help make an impact
We’re here to help you make choices in how you move. See how many CO₂ emissions you’re helping save by taking lower-emission rides, and check out more ways to keep track of your actions.
This site and the related Electrification Update contain forward-looking statements regarding our future business expectations and goals, which involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted, and the reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. For more information, please see our reports.
¹We use the term “zero-emission vehicle” (ZEV) the same way the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and Europe’s Transport & Environment (T&E) do: to refer to vehicles that produce no direct CO₂ emissions or other criteria air pollutants (such as NOx, particulate matter, CO₂, and SOx) from the on-board source of power. Regional variations should be considered at the reader’s discretion.
²The term “more-sustainable packaging” is defined as packaging that is not banned by regulation in a market (such as single-use plastics), and is considered to be recyclable, reusable, or compostable.
Drivers using Uber’s app use 2 types of ZEVs today: battery electric vehicles (battery EVs) and, very occasionally, hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs).
Of course, the “zero” in ZEV refers to no emissions from the proverbial “tailpipe” of the vehicle and not necessarily all the emissions that can be accounted for from production to disposal of the vehicle and its energy source. All accounted for, however, life-cycle analyses by independent experts show that “emissions over the lifetime of average medium-size battery EVs registered today are already lower than comparable gasoline cars by 66%–69% in Europe, 60%–68% in the United States, 37%–45% in China, and 19%–34% in India.”
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